Jeramey Jannene
City Hall

How The City Plows Snow

Inside look at how the city clears 1,475 miles of streets and 42,000 intersections.

By - Jan 20th, 2020 05:52 pm

Inside look at how the city clears 1,475 miles of streets and 42,000 intersections. Back to the full article.

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4 thoughts on “City Hall: How The City Plows Snow”

  1. Keith Prochnow says:

    Great story, Jeramey. I bookmarked it!

  2. kmurphy724 says:

    Great story. Funny to learn that the streets each driver selects are based on seniority, rather than skill. That likely means that the most in-experienced drivers are plowing the most challenging streets in the least reliable trucks (east side anyone?). Would love to see an incentive based on difficulty, maybe attracting more experienced drivers to the more challenging streets.

  3. mcadagio says:

    Great overview of an important task. It’s disheartening that snow removal only seems to be noticed when people decide it isn’t being taken care of fast enough.

  4. just1paul says:

    Excellent story

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